Gov. Phil Murphy and his wife, Tammy, earned $6.8 million in income last year even as they were on the campaign trail for 10 months and preparing to take office in the other two, according to two pages of their joint 2017 income tax return released by the governor’s office Tuesday.

The income came almost entirely from dividends and capital gains; the couple did not report any wages or salary.

For Murphy, a Democrat and former executive at Goldman Sachs who invested $22.5 million into his campaign for governor, that was a 47 percent increase over 2016 but less than the $7.3 million the couple reported in 2015, according to a separate eight-year summary provided by the governor’s office.

The couple paid $2.2 million in state and federal taxes last year, for an effective tax rate of 33 percent, and gave more than $603,000 to charity.

In a statement, Murphy touted his transparency in making the documents public and contrasted his approach with President Donald Trump’s precedent-breaking refusal to release his tax returns.

“In stark contrast to President Trump, we believe New Jerseyans have a right to transparency and openness,” Murphy said. “Operating with the spirit of those values, we are releasing our tax returns today.”

But as he has done in the past, Murphy declined to release the backup documentation for his 2017 return. Instead, he said reporters would have a four-hour window to review it in his office on Thursday.

“That is not disclosure, at least in terms of my definition,” Guadagno said at the time in calling for Murphy to post his full tax return online. “That is not transparency. And that is not telling the taxpayers of the state of New Jersey where you have earned your keep for the last seven or eight years.”

Murphy's predecessor, Republican Chris Christie, posted his full tax returns on the state website.

A brief look at Murphy's tax returns last year showed a diverse portfolio of investments that allowed him to earn several million dollars without a day’s work. He retired from Goldman Sachs more than a decade ago, followed by a stint as the Democratic National Committee's finance chairman and four years as the U.S. ambassador to Germany.

Even though Murphy lost more than half a million dollars in 2016 on a women's soccer team he owns, Sky Blue FC, hundreds of other investments paid off. Murphy's investment portfolio at the time included: Amazon; Apple; Netflix; Whole Foods; McDonald's; Alkermes, the manufacturer of the opioid treatment Vivitrol, Summit-based biotechnology company Celgene; Public Service Electric & Gas; First Energy, which owns Jersey Central Power and Light; and Gannett, publisher of The Record.

The 2016 tax documents also showed he and his wife paid $203,502 in property taxes the previous year on their sprawling estate in Middletown. The couple paid considerably less on their homes overseas. They paid $13,195 for a home in Italy and $3,909 for a home in Germany, according to the returns.

In May, Murphy placed his investment portfolio — with the exception of his soccer team — in a blind trust, handing over control to a family member and agreeing not to be involved in its operation.

Murphy, who took office in January, has said he plans to accept the $175,000-a-year salary that comes with being governor.